Social impact of disasters books

This book is composed of two parts. The first part is the manual for the Peak Oil Olympics, a happening took place...  Read More >>

<p>Why was the government not capable of responding to human need in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? How will...  Read More >>

Complementing the earlier work of """"Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis"""", this book features...  Read More >>

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It was...  Read More >>

August 2004 was one of the wettest months on record in the United Kingdom. This book, with illustrations of weather...  Read More >>

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Personal preparedness expert Barbara Salsbury brings together years of research and experience, giving you the know-how...  Read More >>

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Provides information on the psychological, social and spiritual responses to trauma. This book addresses how the...  Read More >>

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One August day, normal lives were turned upside down when this monstrous hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. People were...  Read More >>

This book is the only one that will take you inside the psychological aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita....  Read More >>

In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts...  Read More >>

Rescue offers stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places:...  Read More >>

For those who dare, things often go wrong under the sea. Such tragedies, spurred by the booming interest in the...  Read More >>

Since 11 September 2001, your life has changed, whether you live in New York or Keokuk. This reference tells you:...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Disasters discusses major toxicological incidents, both man-made...  Read More >>

The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off...  Read More >>

Suitable for emergency managers and disaster response professionals as well as public safety officials and those...  Read More >>

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Tries to examine the initial disaster programs, recovery disaster programs designed to cover-up for the initial...  Read More >>

Describes the days that followed the nuclear nightmare at Chernobyl from the author's perspective as both an outsider...  Read More >>

First published in Russian as Tchernobylskaia Molitva by Editions Ostojie, 1997 --Copyright page.  Read More >>

The moving and remarkable story of the wartime evacuees who were sent abroad by their families  Read More >>